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Nov 26, 2005 | 10:46 AM

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desperado_18_2000

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Hm, sounds like i may have to figure a way to put my hot air stuff back together on the truck. But maybe not, being in S.E. mississippi. I'll just have to see how the winter goes before i slap that crap back on there.

Nov 26, 2005 | 01:01 PM

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Bdox

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Originally Posted by desperado_18_2000

If I were you I think I would fabricate a hot air collector system on the headers using some aluminum flashing, fiberglass insulation, pop rivets and imagination. Just sandwich the headers between the sheet metal, pop rivet it together between the pipes and incorporate a tube to go to the air cleaner. Minimize the gaps by stuffing it with fiberglass wrapped in foil.

You don't mention what your air cleaner housing is but I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem to put one on with the hot air pick-up on the snorkle. Mate that up and you should be good.

Nov 26, 2005 | 08:20 PM

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see I have a header and just an open air filter. I just wanna make sure, if I mad a shroud that wrapped around the entire air cleaner and was open towards the bottom facing the header, that sucking in the warm air produced from the exhaust would be ok? This seems like the only thing I might be able to pull off right now.

Nov 26, 2005 | 08:55 PM

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I think you should get a factory type air cleaner housing with the intake snorkle and hot air pick-up from a salvage yard that will fit your carb. Doesn't matter what kind of vehicle it comes from as long as it fits your carb.

That aluminum flashing, you can buy a roll (or a length,) from a building supply and use it to wrap your header pipes with it. It is thin and soft, easy to work with. Use an ordinary heat tube to connect them and you're in business.

Nov 26, 2005 | 09:12 PM

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beatupford

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Then you could bake a potato in there too, mabey put a little boiler in there too so you cake cook er up some kraft dinner and hard boiled eggs.

Nov 26, 2005 | 09:17 PM

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Bdox

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YEAH! Heat up a can of soup, maybe even make toast.

Nov 28, 2005 | 08:00 PM

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cjbronco

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Cool, the aluminum heat wrapping would wrap around the header tubes and then what your sayin with the heat tube to the stock "oven" affect is wrap the header and also wrap that heater tube to one of the header tubes to bring up the warm air right? Hope I got that right. Will an stock air filter for the 4bbl I have be to restrictive? Also, but maybing just wraping the headers tubes be sufficient enough?

Nov 28, 2005 | 08:31 PM

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Yes. Just put a sheet under the pipes and one one top. Cut them a little oversize at first. You only need to wrap the center four pipes. Work from the center out. Fit your duct tube (from the air filter snorkle,) in between and pop rivet on each side. Then pop rivet between the other pipes. Make if fairly snug so it doesn't rattle. After you get the rivets in then rivet the ends and fold them to stiffen the assembly. Try to close up the gaps to keep the heat in but still let air in the bottom enough for the intake. That aluminum flashing is easy to work with and you can trim it with shears just to tidy it up. Be creative, you could make something really nice if you want to take the trouble.